hjtrbo Bronze Donating Members 320 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Posted 01/11/23 07:15 AM Share Posted 01/11/23 07:15 AM Wouldn't normally post up a question like this these days but this has got me farked. My Ute has a creaking sound from behind the passenger seat. I've had the interior out with no luck finding it. Had it up on the hoist with the biggest pry bar I have and nothing obvious. Checked everything I could think of. Starting to wonder if I'm looking for a cracked seam or something. Had a bit of a search but only the 1 topic looked promising which was about a crushed frame rail from over tightening of the front leaf bolt. Any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,976 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 01/11/23 07:56 AM Share Posted 01/11/23 07:56 AM Broken seat mount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjtrbo Bronze Donating Members 320 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Posted 01/11/23 08:23 AM Author Share Posted 01/11/23 08:23 AM Has had the seat out Puff. I pulled up all the carpet and side trim to get a good go at it. Had a friend drive me around while I was sitting on the floor pan with a screw driver. The noise is roughly where the left chassis rail joins to the body. Have checked all tub mounting bolts are tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,976 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 01/11/23 09:38 AM Share Posted 01/11/23 09:38 AM I'm not familiar with the utes so can't really help online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjtrbo Bronze Donating Members 320 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Posted 01/11/23 09:44 AM Author Share Posted 01/11/23 09:44 AM all good man. My next plan of attack is to drop the leaf and shock out and smear grease everywhere. If it goes away for a month or two then at least I can hone in on it. Failing that, not sure how one would check for cracked spot welds or a cracked chassis rail. 🤷♂️ And take the tub off too and see if it goes away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,976 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 01/11/23 09:46 AM Share Posted 01/11/23 09:46 AM Can you put the front up on jack stands then get the missus to jump up and down in the back while you get under for a look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjtrbo Bronze Donating Members 320 Member For: 13y 11m 2d Posted 01/11/23 10:00 AM Author Share Posted 01/11/23 10:00 AM hmmm, holding back dirty response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,976 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 01/11/23 10:29 AM Share Posted 01/11/23 10:29 AM Ok twist my arm...lemme take a flying leap and just say you need a lexan floor in the tray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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